Instead of taking the directory lock for the whole cleanup, only take it when needed. Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neil@xxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/overlayfs/readdir.c | 12 +++++++----- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/readdir.c b/fs/overlayfs/readdir.c index 2a222b8185a3..3a4bbc178203 100644 --- a/fs/overlayfs/readdir.c +++ b/fs/overlayfs/readdir.c @@ -1194,7 +1194,6 @@ int ovl_indexdir_cleanup(struct ovl_fs *ofs) if (err) goto out; - inode_lock_nested(dir, I_MUTEX_PARENT); list_for_each_entry(p, &list, l_node) { if (p->name[0] == '.') { if (p->len == 1) @@ -1202,7 +1201,7 @@ int ovl_indexdir_cleanup(struct ovl_fs *ofs) if (p->len == 2 && p->name[1] == '.') continue; } - index = ovl_lookup_upper(ofs, p->name, indexdir, p->len); + index = ovl_lookup_upper_unlocked(ofs, p->name, indexdir, p->len); if (IS_ERR(index)) { err = PTR_ERR(index); index = NULL; @@ -1210,7 +1209,9 @@ int ovl_indexdir_cleanup(struct ovl_fs *ofs) } /* Cleanup leftover from index create/cleanup attempt */ if (index->d_name.name[0] == '#') { + inode_lock_nested(dir, I_MUTEX_PARENT); err = ovl_workdir_cleanup(ofs, dir, path.mnt, index, 1); + inode_unlock(dir); if (err) break; goto next; @@ -1220,7 +1221,7 @@ int ovl_indexdir_cleanup(struct ovl_fs *ofs) goto next; } else if (err == -ESTALE) { /* Cleanup stale index entries */ - err = ovl_cleanup(ofs, dir, index); + err = ovl_cleanup_unlocked(ofs, indexdir, index); } else if (err != -ENOENT) { /* * Abort mount to avoid corrupting the index if @@ -1233,10 +1234,12 @@ int ovl_indexdir_cleanup(struct ovl_fs *ofs) * Whiteout orphan index to block future open by * handle after overlay nlink dropped to zero. */ + inode_lock_nested(dir, I_MUTEX_PARENT); err = ovl_cleanup_and_whiteout(ofs, indexdir, index); + inode_unlock(dir); } else { /* Cleanup orphan index entries */ - err = ovl_cleanup(ofs, dir, index); + err = ovl_cleanup_unlocked(ofs, indexdir, index); } if (err) @@ -1247,7 +1250,6 @@ int ovl_indexdir_cleanup(struct ovl_fs *ofs) index = NULL; } dput(index); - inode_unlock(dir); out: ovl_cache_free(&list); if (err) -- 2.49.0